Oil-burning device.



D. B. PATE & G. C. SELF.

OIL BURNING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. e, 1912.

1,070,722. Patented Aug.19, 1913.

M W INVENTORS I I 6 7i Attorney UNITE s rarns PATENT DAVID B. FATE AND CHRISTOPHER C. SELF, OF HORNBEOK, LOUISIANA.

OIL-BURNING DEVICE.

Application filed September 6, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, DAVID B. PATE and CHRISTOPHER C. SELF, citizens of the United States, residing at Hornbeck, in the parish of Vernon and State of Louisiana, have mvented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burning Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil burning de vices.

Our object is to provide an improved oil burning device of simple, inexpensive, safe and durable construction wherein the retort coils will be arranged and packed in an improved manner, enabling the hydrocarbon to be readily subdivided and choked so that it cannot flow too rapidly and its conversion into gas will be assured; a further object being to combine and arrange the spreader, retort and burner in an improved ma nner.

The invention consists of certain improved features and novel combinations and relations of parts more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view; and Fig. 2, a horizontal section through the retort, showing the packing and wires therein and illustrating a supplemental support for the spreader.

The burner 1 may be of any preferred shape and is constructed of a single piece of pipe closed by caps or nipples 2 at its ends and provided with openings in its upper face. A casting could be substituted and the caps dispensed with. Cups or special burners 1 may be employed, if desired. Joined to the burner by a coupling 1- is a feed pipe 41.

The retort, which may be circular, rectangular, or of any preferred shape, consists of pipe sections 6 coupled to and in communication with the pipe section 4r at one end and connected to an ordinary feed pipe 7 leading to any suitable source of hydrocarbon supply and provided with a needle'valve 8, whereby the flow of the hydrocarbon to the pipe 7 and thence to retort pipes 6 for gasification, may be controlled.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 19, 1913.

Serial No. 718,944.

In the pipe elbows 9 we provide a packing of asbestos 10. Fine wire, suitably coiled or convoluted may be substituted for the asbestos. In the pipes 6 we provide longitudinally extending pieces of wire which may be spread, convoluted, crimped, or otherwise formed, said wires being shown at 11, 12 and 13, respectively. The packing in the elbows 9 and the wires in the retort pipes 6 choke the hydrocarbon and prevent its too rapid passage in said elbows and pipes, beside tending to break up the hydrocarbon, thereby insuring more perfect gasification of the hydrocarbon, the latter passing as a gas down pipe 4: into the burner 1. A spreader 5 is supported by a stem 5 from burner 1 and may be additionally supported by metal bands or hooks 5 To start the burner, a small supply of hydrocarbon may be ignited on the spreader 5 to initially heat the retort pipes. The spreader 5 diverts the flame around all parts of the retort. The needle valve 8 enables any desired regulation of the supply of hydrocarbon and also insures against any sudden flow of hydrocarbon to the burner with dangerous consequences should the burner be tampered with by children or those not understanding its working.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In an oil burning device, the combination with a retort consisting of horizontally disposed pipe sections and elbows connecting them, of packing in the elbows, wires extending lengthwise within and throughout the pipe sections, a burner disposed below and communicating with the retort, and a spreader located below the retort and above the burner, said spreader being supported by the burner.

In testimony whereof, we hereuntoaflix our signatures in presence of two witnesscu.

DAVID B. IRATE. CHRISTOPHER G. SELF.

Witnesses Samar. Hnnnnnn, L. A. SMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, 1). G. 

